Chapter 658: The Parasites of the Nation (Two chapters combined)

The men Lan Yan called moved quickly. They arrived just as the man realized the taxi driver hadn't left after five minutes and became wary, preparing to go over again.

Several men in military uniforms frowned and scolded the people pacing back and forth, "This is no place to linger. What are you doing? Get out of here right now! The guards have activated their defenses! Hurry up and leave!"

Upon seeing the people in military uniforms, the men laughed and said, "We're here looking for someone. A thief stole our boss's valuables and ran here to hide. We chased him here and are looking for him. We'll leave as soon as we find him!"

The person behind then called Zhang Wancheng to report the situation.

Zhang Wancheng: "Stop them from entering the Red House at all costs!"

The man had barely responded when he saw soldiers and leaders coming out of the red house. He immediately panicked: "The people inside are coming out! What do we do? Should we evacuate?"

"Where can you go? Where can you hide in China? Listen, I've already arranged for your families to be evacuated abroad. For the sake of your families, you know what to do! I'll say it again: at all costs!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Wancheng looked at everyone in the room with a grim face: "If that list gets to my brother-in-law, then we're all doomed. Now, we can only hope that they can fight for their families. Everyone here holds a high position, so you should know that even if you go abroad, you won't escape anywhere!"

One of them said regretfully, "I told you before, don't go too far, just be a little greedy. If you get caught, you'll only be locked up for a few years. But you didn't listen! What are we going to do now!"

"You make it sound nice! But I know you just bought a new house specifically to store gold bars and valuables! All your relatives work in the government! Is this just a little bit of embezzlement?"

"We're all in the same boat! What's the point of saying that now? Hurry up and think of a solution!"

"You have absolutely no right to speak! You can't even do the simplest thing I ask! You managed to leak the list while getting a travel document to go abroad! Tell me, what else can you do besides fooling around with women? Aren't you ashamed of your position?"

The man muttered an explanation: "So many people need travel documents, how could I possibly handle it all? I had to ask someone on the dark web for help, but who knew the dark web would leak the list, and who knew that Lan Yan would get his hands on it! When the incident first happened, I said that the list was definitely in Zhou Guyin's hands. Why didn't we just cause an accident to make her disappear? Why did you keep testing her? What did you find out? When you got desperate, you even tried the 'handsome man trap,' it was hilarious! The 'handsome man trap' failed, and Lan Yan came back! Now look what happened, you're out of options!"

"You're good at shifting the blame! The main mistake is on you! Everyone knows the information is on Zhou Guyin, right? Everyone can guess! But look at her lifestyle—it's either school or heavily guarded places! She rarely even goes home! The moment she steps out of the school gate, she's surrounded by foreign mercenaries and people sent by higher-ups! I'm asking you, what are you going to do?! If you hadn't leaked the list, nothing would have happened!"

Zhang Wancheng frowned and scolded, "Alright, stop arguing! Be quiet! Let's wait for the result; whether we live or die, it's all up to today!"

On the other side, everyone saw people coming out of the main gate. Chu Yan saw them from inside the car, including his old leader and the others.

But he didn't act immediately and remained seated in the car waiting.

When the old leader came out, he saw a group of people in plain clothes, so he frowned and instructed: "Arrange for someone to tell them to leave here, and while you're at it, find Chu Yan's location and send him over."

The secretary next to him nodded and told someone to make the arrangements.

After everyone had dispersed, Chu Yan opened the car door and walked towards the gate.

The old leader looked Chu Yan up and down, and seeing that he was alright, nodded: "Let's go inside and talk. It's not a good place to talk here."

Chu Yan nodded, and the two turned around. Chu Yan moved to stand to the left of the leader, while the secretary on the right stood behind the leader. Just as they were about to leave, a bullet whizzed through the air and hit the secretary in the abdomen!

"Sniper!" Chu Yan and his old leader were shoved through the door, and an alarm immediately went off outside!

As soon as Gu Yin arrived, she saw the secretary stumble and push Chu Yan and the old leader inside!

"001, where's the sniper?!"

001 shook his head: "Ignore him, the other party has been killed, there are no snipers left, and the people who went out with Blue Flame have also been captured. Tsk tsk tsk! This is insane!! This is modern society! How dare they!! I've traveled through so many worlds! People from your world are the most daring! This is insane!"

Gu Yin got out of the car: "This shows that what's behind this is so important that these people aren't even afraid to die! The world is about to change!"

When Gu Yin reached the door, the leader's secretary had already been taken away for treatment!

The old leader's face darkened: "How dare you! Investigate! Investigate to the bottom! I want to see who's behind this! No matter who it is, even if it's the Emperor himself, deal with them according to the law!"

"Yes!" The person next to him saluted and immediately withdrew to investigate.

Chu Yan said guiltily, "If I hadn't switched positions just now, the Secretary-General wouldn't have been shot."

The old leader sneered, "That was clearly meant to kill you! Luckily it was the secretary-general, who's shorter than you, otherwise he would have hit your heart and you'd probably die on the spot. How arrogant! How dare he make a move right here at the door, acting like I don't exist!"

"What happened?! I heard someone was shot at the door?"

Xiao Sheng, Long Yu's father, and others rushed over! The one asking the question was Long Yu's father.

Since the secretary was not present, Gu Yin temporarily took over his duties, so she gave a brief explanation.

Everyone who came was shocked! It was something they had never heard of or seen before! Someone actually dared to cause trouble here!

"Are they courting death? No! If they're willing to risk their lives like this, things are about to get out of hand! Investigate! Get the Ministry of State Security to investigate! Don't let a single ant escape!" Long Yu's father's face darkened.

"Could it be foreign forces?" Xiao Sheng asked, frowning.

"Hmph! Go inside first and notify all departments to come over for a meeting!" After saying this, the old leader walked towards his residence. Everyone went there together because of the upcoming meeting.

Just as the group entered the garden, Lan Yan arrived.

Upon seeing the blue flames, the old leader asked in a deep voice, "What exactly did you get? How did you manage to cause such a commotion?"

Lan Yan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Chu Yan and Gu Yin were both unharmed: "I don't know what it is either. It's a chip, and I heard it contains a very important list. I stole it from a dark web organization. When I first got it, I was constantly being hunted down, even to the border. After jumping off the plane, I originally planned to return to China, but I was worried that they might have something up their sleeves waiting for me. Coincidentally, I had another mission, so I went abroad instead. I've been keeping the chip with Gu Yin. Today, I originally planned to go to the Gu family to pick it up, but I was worried about something going wrong. After getting it, I wanted to bring it here, but I was still being followed. I had a backup plan, so I left, but the chip is still at the Gu family's. Gu Yin has been under surveillance since she returned from abroad, so I asked Chu Yan to bring it over. I went to distract those people, but I didn't expect them to mobilize so many people, even with weapons! Everyone knows what happened after that. As for what the list is, I still haven't seen what's inside."

He still wouldn't talk about Zhang Wancheng's visit to the Gu family; anyway, whether there was anything wrong or not, they would find out eventually!

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan took out the items and placed them beside the old leader.

Soon someone brought up a computer.

After some processing, the list appeared on the computer.

The older leader's face grew darker and darker with each look! He became increasingly angry! Seeing that he was about to faint from anger, Xiao Sheng immediately called for a doctor!

After being given the medicine, the person recovered!

"Corrupt officials! Corrupt officials of the state! Where are they?! Initiate the highest-level official document immediately! Summon the heads of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Procuratorate, the Supervisory Commission, the Discipline Inspection Commission, and the Ministry of State Security for a meeting right now! Where are the heads of other departments?! Send this list to the Customs Director-General and have him arrange that no one on the list, nor their relatives or friends, can leave the country! Those who have already left the country, urge them to return within three days! Issue a national arrest warrant for those who do not return!"

Xiao Sheng immediately stood up: "Yes! I'll arrange it right away!" But when he saw the names on the list, his face turned pale! He staggered.

"I...I need to avoid suspicion, boss. Let someone else do it!"

The old leader nodded: "Blue Flame, you go."

Lan Yan's eyes flashed; it seemed Zhang Wancheng's name was on it. He remained expressionless, got up, took the task, and left.

Someone came in from outside, and Gu Yin saw that it was Long Yu.

Long Yu entered: "Report!"

The old leader waved his hand: "Go ahead and speak."

"The Secretary-General's surgery was successful. He asked me to come and tell you. Also, all the people we apprehended committed suicide by biting their tongues on their way to the National Security Bureau!"

The old leader immediately smashed the teacup in his hand: "Outrageous!"

The old leader sneered, "Ignore them, they're just useless pawns. This list isn't just a list, it includes everything they've done!" The list was leaked, fine, but how did all those things get leaked too? Was the person who kept this a fool? But thankfully, the other party was a fool, otherwise these people wouldn't have been exposed!

“You should all come and take a look at this list. See which corrupt officials are involved. Ha, every unit across the country has been infiltrated! And no one noticed! No one reported it! Well, there are old guys in there, how could they report those things? Heh! Even my brother-in-law was involved! I have no right to say anything!”

Leader Long was startled and immediately went over to see. Gu Yin also went forward to take a look, but Chu Yan did not. He was not a person within the system, nor was he someone like Gu Yin who worked for the country. The fact that he was sitting here listening was already because he had risked his life to deliver the goods. If he didn't appreciate it, his name would definitely be on the blacklist of various leaders.

Long Yu did not step forward; unless he was specifically called upon, he was not allowed to go forward.

Xiao Sheng had already seen it, but he didn't go forward. He couldn't understand why his uncle, who was already so rich, would do such things! Why would those people believe him? He must have relied on his father's influence. After this matter was resolved, his father might have to retire early. His mother still didn't know about this. Just how many people from his maternal family were involved! Xiao Sheng's mind was in complete chaos!

When Gu Yin first learned of this list, she guessed that the person behind it must wield considerable power! Now, after seeing the list, she could only admit that her imagination had been a bit limited.

The investigation involved people from almost all major departments, including former leaders, Zhang Wancheng, several commanders, the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education, and the National Health Commission. Those involved held relatively high positions within their respective departments.

"Parasites!! Parasites of the nation!!" Even before the old leader Long finished reading those lists, he had to take his medicine!

Gu Yin sat down next to Chu Yan, her eyes filled with confusion: "He's already at this level, with power, wealth, and fame—he has it all. Why is he still like this?" He has no worries about food or clothing, no worries about money—enough to last a lifetime—and is respected by others. What more could he want? What's the point of having so much money? She truly didn't understand! She knew about human greed—you don't have what you want, but you have it all, and you're incredibly wealthy. What do you want more for?

Chu Yan said in a low voice, "Human desires are endless. Some people may be after power and profit, while others, I guess, may not be after these things, but once they get on the boat, they can't get off. They are tied to the boat of power and have no choice in their own lives. But they have only brought this upon themselves."